thiruppavai 23

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Lord's compassion

 

The twenty third pAsuram "mAri malai muzhanjil" completes with the request 'yAm

vandha kAriyam ARAindharuL'. The gopikAs request the Lord "We have come to You.

You should analyse the purpose of our visit and grant us accordingly.The Lord

here feels for this. He feels that the gopikAs have come to His doorsteps. He

feels that He should have gone towards them. Instead they have come to Him. The

Lord feels"Oh. I should have approached and removed their obstacles and

fulfilled their desires" Instead they have approached me.

 

Here,two events are quoted 1.dhnadakAraNya hrishis and 2. vibhEshaNan.

 

The dhandakAraNya hrishis approach the LOrd and appeal to Him for removing their

obstacles. The Lord feels that He should have approached them but they have

approached Him.

 

Similarly, vibhEshaNan appraoches srE rAmA and srE rAmA feels that "Oh!

vibhishaNA must have suffered a lot in lankA when he had difference of opinion

with his brother. It is all because of me".

 

It is clear that the Lord always desires to seek the devotees and obliterate

their ordeals. When the devotees themselves approach Him,not only does he feel

for it, but become very compassionate towards them.

 

The ARAyirappadi vyAkyAnam aptly summarises this aspect 'mudhalilE

rakshaganAnavanukkuch chenRu rakshika vENum;adhilE Artharai 'aiyO' enRu viNava

vENum;ippadiyirukka nOvipaduvigOLum, adhu vandhu aRivippigOLum nEngaLAnapadi

piRpAdaRAnOm'. First the Saviour should go to the devotee and rescue him. Then,

should compassionately console the devotee. Instead of this, those who have

suffered approach Him and inform regarding the problem. Oh! I have lagged

behind" is the Lord's deep sense of pain.

vAnamAmalai padmanAbhan